Soft-shirt-collar protector



Aug. 24 1926; v 1,596,958

G. WORDINGHAM SOFT SHIRT COLLAR PROTECTOR Filed June 1925 m 3 3141mm? 0'0 G W0 rdv'zrghazu Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOFT-SHIBT-COLLAR PROTECTOR.

Application filed June 30, 1925. Serial No. 40,577.

This invention relates to an improved soft shirt collar protector particularly designed for use by laundries, dry cleaners, or the like, and seeks, among other objects, to pro- 6 vide a device which will prevent the mussing or wrinkling of the soft collar of a fresh laundered shirt and retain the collar in shape during the packing and delivery of the shirt.

10 The invention seeks, as a further object, to provide a device which may be readily applied.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a device which will be inexpensive and yet will efiiciently serve its intended function.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevationshowing my improved protector applied beneath the collar of a conventional soft shirt, the collar being partly broken away.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the device in detail and illustrating the shape of the device when applied within. a collar.

Figurefi is a plan view showing the normal shape of the device.

In carrying the invention into effect, I employ an oblong strip 10, of tag, cardboard or the like. The strip is thus more or less resilient and, as will be observed, said strip is preferably of uniform width. In the present instance, I have shown the strip as being relatively narrow but this detail, as well as the length of the strip, may, of course, be varied to suit the requirements of use, and formed in the'strip, near the 4 ends thereof, are like longitudinal slots 11.

The strip is thus double-ended.

In Figure 1 of the drawings, I have shown the device in position beneath the soft collar of a conventional shirt 12. The collar is indicated ,at 13 and, as is prevalent,

is of the same soft material as the shirt. To apply the device, the strip 10 is arranged to encircle the neck band of the shirt beneath the collar, when one end portion of the strip is inserted through the slit in the other end of said strip. The loop thus formed is then contracted more or less tightly about the neck band, and, as will be perceived, the edges of said slit will frictionally 'coact with the end portion of the stripfor preventing the separation of the ends of the strip and holding 'the loop in adjustably contracted position. Thus, the strip will be retained beneath the collar to support the collar and prevent the creasing or'mussing thereof during the packing and delivery of 50 the shirt, and since the strip is double-ended, either end of the strip may, of course, be

inserted through the slit in the other end thereof. The convenience of the device is thus materially enhanced.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: p

In combination with a shirt having a soft collar, of means for supporting and maintaining the natural set of. the collar, the 7 GEORGE WORDINGHAM. [L. s.] 

